Ballot counting was underway in Angola on Thursday in a tense atmosphere after provisional results from a parliamentary election gave the ruling former Marxist party a strong lead and the opposition dismissed... Read more »
• Once again, thugs reveal true character: A Tigrayan Diaspora BY HAILE DEMEKE ADDIS ABABA–The UN World Food Program (WFP) Executive Director David Beasley said Tigrayan authorities stole 570,000 liters of fuel... Read more »
Presidential candidate Raila Odinga has formally filed a petition challenging the election results in Kenya’s Supreme Court on Monday, according to one of Odinga’s lawyers, Daniel Maanzo. The petition was filed online... Read more »
Military says ‘complex and coordinated attack’ in country’s south likely carried out by ISIL-affiliated group. Armed fighters with a suspected affiliation to the ISIL (ISIS) group killed 17 Malian soldiers and four... Read more »
Voting has in general been peaceful and smooth in Kenya despite some delays and problems with the electronic kit in some parts of the country. This vote follows an intense campaign dominated... Read more »
• China treks from 33rd to 8th major importer of Ethiopian coffee at present BY MESERET BEHAILU ADDIS ABABA – Ethiopian Coffee export level to China has reinvigorated and the country has... Read more »
Democratic Republic of Congo — At least 15 people, including three U.N. peacekeepers, have been killed and 60 others injured in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, in an escalation... Read more »
Nairobi — The run-up to Kenya’s Aug. 9 elections has seen an increase in hate speech aimed at influencing voters, mainly through social media. Groups such as the U.S.-based charity Mercy Corps... Read more »
The World Health Organization representative to Uganda, Yonas Tegegn Woldemariam (left) hands over a monkeypox test kit to Health minister Jane Ruth Aceng in Kampala on July 26, 2022. PHOTO | NMG... Read more »
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says his country is ready to sell oil and wheat to African countries even as the US Mission in Uganda opened a Twitter storm against Moscow. Mr.... Read more »